Be Still – Arthur Osborne

Be Still: “… Thou art? — I am? — Why argue? — Being is. Keep still and be …”

Thou art? — I am?Why argue? — Being is.Keep still and be.

Death will not still the mind.Nor argument, nor hopes of after-death.This world the battle-ground, yourself the foeYourself must master.

Eager the mind to seek.Yet oft astray, causing its own distressThen crying for relief, as though some GodBarred from it jealously the Bliss it soughtBut would not face.

Till in the end,All battles fought, all earthly loves abjured,Dawn in the East, there is no other wayBut to be still.

In stillness then to findThe giants all were windmills, all the strifeSelf-made, unreal; even he that stroveA fancied being, as when that good knightWoke from delirium and with a loud cryRendered his soul to God.

Mind, then, or soul?Break free from subtle words.

Only be still,Lay down the mind, submit, and Being thenIs Bliss, Bliss Consciousness: and That you are.

~ Arthur Osborne

Arthur Osborne is “the author of several books about the life and teachings of Ramana Maharshi. He was the founding editor of The Mountain Path, a journal published by Ramana Maharshi’s ashram. He also wrote about another notable Hindu guru, Shirdi Sai Baba.” ~ Poetry Chaikhana

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